Richter scale

英 [ˈrɪktə skeɪl]

美 [ˈrɪktər skeɪl]

n.  里氏震级，里克特震级(测量地震强度的标准)

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牛津词典

noun

• 里氏震级，里克特震级（测量地震强度的标准）
  a system for measuring how strong an earthquake is
  1. an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale
     里氏7.3级的地震

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 里克特震级;里氏震级
  The Richter scaleis a scale which is used for measuring how severe an earthquake is.
  1. An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
     昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。

双语例句

• Some might argue that on the Richter scale of ethical lapses this does not rate high.
  一些人可能认为，从道德败坏的里氏（richter）震级来看，这样做的震级并不高。
• This scale, commonly known as the Richter scale measures the ground motion caused by an earthquake.
  这个震级，一般称为里氏震级，可测量地震引起的地面运动。
• Blame the quake's strength ( 8.0 on the Richter scale, or more than 30 times more powerful than the recent quake in Haiti) as well as timing and location.
  原因在于震级（里氏8.0级，比刚发生的海地地震强30倍），还有时间和地点。
• An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck California yesterday.
  昨天加利福尼亚发生了里氏6.1级地震。
• The size of the earthquake itself, with that magnitude, according to the release of the earthquake wave energy flexibility to determine the size of magnitude, China's general use of the Richter scale.
  地震本身的大小，用震级表示，根据地震时释放的弹性波能量大小来确定震级，我国一般采用里氏震级。
• Possibility of a leak of radioactive material in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, that may be from the the earthquake of6.6 in Richter scale that will hit the region;
  芮氏规模6.6的地震将袭击日本本州的柏崎Kashiwazaki-Kariwa核电厂有可能发生泄漏的放射性的物质。
• TAIPEI, April 26 ( Xinhua)& A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck east Taiwan Monday, according to the island's seismological agency.
  4月26日新华社台北消息根据岛内地震局的报道，台湾东海在周一发生里氏6.6级地震。
• At least four people were injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted northern Taiwan.
  台湾北部发生震度达芮氏规模六点二级的地震，至少已经有四个人受伤。
• Richter scale ( scale from 0 to 8 for measuring the intensity of earthquakes)
  里克特震级，里氏震级（测定地震强度的标度，从0到8级）。
• This is the absolute value of human emotion& joyful events can sometimes register on the Richter scale as pure trauma; dreadful grief makes us some-times burst out laughing.
  这是人类情感的绝对价值&喜悦的大事，有时在芮氏地震仪上显示出彻底的创伤；而可怕的悲痛有时让我们突然大笑起来。